Politics Aside, Climate Science Faces Real Uncertainties

Scientists' ability to collect data on historic temperatures from ice cores has greatly improved, outpacing their ability to run that data through computer models.

By Paul Basken

Those standing on the two main sides of the climate debate are
easy for most Americans to recognize.

There is the majority of researchers who actually study the
climate and see abundant evidence that the earth is warming, driven
largely by the human burning of fossil fuels. And there is a vocal
minority of doubters, many of whom draw on critiques of the science
promoted by industry-financed campaigns.